animalistic
Britishadjective
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Mostly, he’s his own monster, neither the calculating serial murderer of the book nor Karloff’s reactive, animalistic killer, but a scapegoat who finally starts leveling his foes with bone-breaking efficiency.
From Los Angeles Times
“The moment that this starts becoming chaotic — like animalistic — we’re gone,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite their claims to be defending humankind from this imaginary animalistic incursion, Texas Republicans are being deeply anti-human with this "furry" bill.
From Salon
Sigmund Freud thought smell related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.
From Salon
The Feyd-Rautha we see in the movie is less chatty and more frightening and animalistic than in the book.
From Los Angeles Times
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